Senior Technical Accountant

I am currently recruiting for an experienced Technical Accountant for a 6 month temporary assignment, paying 600 per day.

This is an operationally focused role within a complex finance environment. The successful candidate will inherit a portfolio covering monthly reconciliations, journals, payroll controls, project accounting and balance sheet investigations and will be expected to make an immediate impact.
We are looking for someone who is confident operating from day one, with strong technical accounting, reconciliation and financial control experience. Experience within local government is essential.

Main duties include:-

• Strong local government/public sector finance and reconciliation experience.
• Able to take ownership immediately of monthly reconciliations, journals, payroll controls, project accounting and balance sheet investigations.
• Strong Excel and finance systems skills, with the ability to analyse processes and implement improvements.
• Comfortable working in an evolving environment where processes may be incomplete or undocumented.
• Experienced in resolving legacy issues, control weaknesses and historic reconciling items.
• Strong stakeholder management and gravitas, able to work effectively across Finance, Payroll, HR and operational teams.

If you are interested in this role, please apply.